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Mostly Sermons: January 2015
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A Blog of Sermons and Writings by Tom Murphy. Sunday, January 25, 2015. St Paul’s Church in Bergen, Jersey City NJ. January 25, 2015. The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle. Human endurance is amazing, isn’t it? It’s so impressive what the human body can take – how fast some people can run, how high they can jump, how strong the human body can be. Human endurance is amazing. It’s probably why so many people love to watch sports. Recently we’ve had some pretty incredible examples of human endurance. In Ma...
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Mostly Sermons: We Have What We Need
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A Blog of Sermons and Writings by Tom Murphy. Sunday, July 26, 2015. We Have What We Need. St Paul’s Church in Bergen, Jersey City NJ. July 26, 2015. Year B, Proper 12: The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. We Have What We Need. Well, I told you so. If you were here last week, you may remember that I told you that this Sunday we would hear one of the juiciest stories in the entire Bible – the story of David and Bathsheba. David, of course, was the King of Israel. David had everything he needed – and mu...
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Mostly Sermons: Deep-Rooted Love
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A Blog of Sermons and Writings by Tom Murphy. Saturday, July 18, 2015. The Wedding of Kristin Elizabeth Korsgaard and Michael Chang. July 18, 2015. Song of Solomon 2:10-13; 8:6-7. What a beautiful day! What a joy to celebrate the marriage of Kristin and Michael! What a gift to witness the love they share with each other – the love that has brought us all together today. You won’t be surprised to know that I go to a lot of weddings. And then, there’s these two. I had the usual premarital counseling sessio...
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Mostly Sermons: August 2015
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A Blog of Sermons and Writings by Tom Murphy. Sunday, August 30, 2015. Hearers and Doers of the Word in Jersey City. St Paul’s Church in Bergen, Jersey City NJ. August 30, 2015. Year B, Proper 17: The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Song of Solomon 2:8-13. Psalm 45:1-2, 7-10. Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23. Hearers and Doers of the Word in Jersey City. Well, we have quite a collection of lessons today, don’t we? We began with some pretty gushy love poetry from the Song of Solomon. It’s hard to know ho...
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Mostly Sermons: Go in Peace to Love and Serve the Lord
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A Blog of Sermons and Writings by Tom Murphy. Sunday, July 05, 2015. Go in Peace to Love and Serve the Lord. St Paul’s Church in Bergen, Jersey City NJ. July 5, 2015. Year B, Proper 9: The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10. Go in Peace to Love and Serve the Lord. What’s your favorite part of the service? That’s a question I often ask when I teach youth confirmation class to get the kids thinking about what we do here on Sunday. What’s your favorite part of the service? This time around t...
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Mostly Sermons: Starving People
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A Blog of Sermons and Writings by Tom Murphy. Sunday, August 09, 2015. St Paul’s Church in Bergen, Jersey City NJ. Church of the Incarnation, Jersey City NJ. August 9, 2015. Year B, Proper 14: The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost. 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33. John 6:35, 41-51. If you’ve been in church during the past few Sundays you may be experiencing deja vu since this is the third Sunday in a row that we’ve had gospel lessons that are, at least in part, about bread. They had eaten the bread but they wer...
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Mostly Sermons: November 2014
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A Blog of Sermons and Writings by Tom Murphy. Sunday, November 30, 2014. St Paul’s Church in Bergen, Jersey City NJ. November 30, 2014. Year B: The First Sunday of Advent. Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18. Over the past few weeks we’ve been anticipating this day – this start of the new church year - as we’ve begun looking ahead to the Last Day when we will be judged on how we’ve lived our lives, how we have used the many gifts that we’ve been given. And, in fact, the crazy busy time has already begun, including for me.
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Mostly Sermons: April 2015
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A Blog of Sermons and Writings by Tom Murphy. Sunday, April 26, 2015. The Voice of the Good Shepherd. St Paul’s Church in Bergen, Jersey City NJ. April 26, 2015. Year B: The Fourth Sunday of Easter. The Voice of the Good Shepherd. The Lord is risen indeed! As many of you know, once a month we – usually Gail, Vanessa, Dee Dee and I - go over to the Liberty House Nursing Home on Montgomery Street and offer a healing service. Over the past year we have gotten to know some of the regulars. There’s the ...
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Mostly Sermons: Shadows
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A Blog of Sermons and Writings by Tom Murphy. Sunday, July 12, 2015. St Paul’s Church in Bergen, Jersey City NJ. Church of the Incarnation, Jersey City NJ. July 12, 2015. Year B, Proper 10: The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19. Many of you have heard me say how much I love weekday worship – how important it is for my own spiritual health. And we also celebrate the Eucharist on all of the major feasts of the church year. Every May 31 we get a little taste of Christmas when we remembe...
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